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THIS IS READING 
An immersive transmedia project exploring the decline and rebirth of Reading, PA 
This Is Reading, an ambitious site-specific multimedia installation blending live performance and visual media, occupied the historic Franklin Street Railroad Station in Downtown Reading in May 2017, re-animating the long vacant building.  Using as its foundation, the hardships, challenges, and triumphs of people living in and around Reading, PA., This is Reading weaved their individual stories into one cohesive and compelling tale of the city.  
 

In Association with Market Road Films, The Labyrinth Theater Company and Project&

This Is Reading was co-created by an award-winning team of artists, including filmmaker Tony Gerber, director Kate Whoriskey, Choreographer Rennie Harris, Composer Kashaka, projection designer Jeff Sugg, set designer Deb O,  Lighting Designer Amorth Chandrasker, Sound Designer Nick Kourtides and producers Jane M. Saks, Blake Ashman-Kipervaser, Allison Bressi and Santo D. Marabella.

The installation developed in collaboration with Reading Film, of Pennsylvania's Americana Region, and local artists, approached the historic Franklin Street Railroad Station as a collaborator, placing its unique history and architecture in dialogue with stories collected in Reading, PA. ​

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July 14, 15,16 and 21,22,23, 2017
Franklin Street Reading Railroad Station 
Downtown, Reading, Pa
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